曲きょく水すい

noun

meandering stream

Refers to a winding stream, especially in the context of the traditional Japanese poetry event 曲水の宴 (Kyokusui-no-en), where cups of sake are floated down a winding stream and participants compose poems before drinking.

• 庭てい園えんには曲きょく水すいが流ながれている。

  A meandering stream flows through the garden.

• 曲きょく水すいの宴えんは平へい安あん時じ代だいから行おこなわれている。

  The Kyokusui-no-en has been held since the Heian period.